A new tropical storm has formed southwest of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea. Tropical Storm Alpha sets a new Atlantic Basin record for named storms: 22 in one season. The storm is forecast to move NNW over Haiti Sunday, then through the southern Bahamas before turning northward and northeastward into the Atlantic.

A tropical storm warning has been issued for Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Heavy rain is beginning to spread into Hispaniola with up to a foot expected in isolated locations. Life-threatening flash floods and mudslides may result.

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